Trichy, Dec 30 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi

and ruling AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami

on Wednesday slammed Opposition DMK Chief M K Stalin

for his remarks that the AIADMK was heading for a split.

Kicking off his election campaign here, he said there would

not be any split in the party at any time and none could break

the party.

He advised the DMK leader to stop dreaming and save his

own party first

Stating that the DMK had made several futile bids in the

past to create rift in the AIADMK and bring down the

government, Mr Palaniswami recalled Stalin's remarks

the government headed by him would collapse within a

month, six months and one year.

'We have now completed 3 years and ten months. People

are now aware and do not believe Mr Stalin's misleading

statements', he added.

'You cannot touch even a cadre of AIADMK. Even a thousand

Stalins cannot split the AIADMK,” Mr Palaniswami declared.

Accusing Mr Stalin of entering entered politics through

“short-cut” route using his family background, the Chief

Minister said he (Mr Palaniswami) had risen from the

grassroots level.

“Never think you can take a farmer with a rural background

for granted,” he added.

Stating that the DMK leadership was only concerned about

the welfare of its family, Mr Palaniswami said it was during

the DMK regime Kabini reservoir was constructed in Karnataka,

destroying the livelihood of the farmers of Tamil Nadu.

On the contrary, it was 'Amma' (late J Jayalalithaa) ensured

Tamil Nadu's rights and a lasting soution by getting a favourable

verdict from the Supreme Court on the five-decade old Cauvery

river water sharing dispute, he added.

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